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Show 1 ;i net kt t , , :t t -- 'Pleasant Grove, the Mott Beautifully Situated City in Utah County" AiCbffC iaraiset Jot VOL LXIII, No.,3 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH 84062, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1967 Single Copy 1 0c 26 p I i .-J 1 .V'v a ... it! r U, IX NEW LIGHT POLES-Mayor Paul T. Fordham, and Maron Oveson, of Utah Power and Light Co. admire new steel poles which will provide increased lighting on West Center Street. Steel Poles Erected on West Center Street " Forty -seven steel light poles will soon add their bit to the "spruce up" program of downtown down-town Pleasant Grove. Workmen of Utah Power and Light Co. , arccurrently erecting the poles both sides of West Center Street. ""..' Later the wooden poles on South Main Street will be replaced re-placed with similar steel poles, Mayor Paul T. Fordham said. The new poles are 30 feet high and taper from 8 inches at the base to 4 inches at the top, The .lights, soon to be installed - Mt.Timp Riders to Sponsor Film Show Mt Timp Riders are spon-" spon-" soring a film on horsemanship All of those interested in the " London Youth Riding Club and members .of the club, are invited. in-vited. The film. wiUbe shown Pri ' day evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Lindon Park' building. """tr?" . .. . M -v i - lji - . V " f . B-' .. . v Don't remember when : I It's not so dangerous for the -have -ever been- shockedso-r!teamsand the" Pep' TJIubsTThey"" deeply. Last Saturday morning travel in heavy, insured busses, I sat listening to the 7:00edi- with, experienced and capable tion of the radio news, when drivers. It's the students, trav-the trav-the announcement came over eling in private cars, that are the air that, a' Pleasant Grove - in greatest highway jeopardy youth had been killed oh "Utah Flushed with the joy of a hard-Highway hard-Highway 50-6.near Colton ,.Uah. If ought victory or depressed by I know the road well, having a stunning defeat, the young traveled it for the past 17 years. - dnvers -are . working under a I know- all - about- the; steep han(ilcP a best--. grades, the sharp curves, the According jo rumors, it may icy spots and the coal tracks.:be possible that the Region In my mind's eye, I could re- Four athletic setup-will be reconstruct re-construct just about. what hap- .vamped. Let us hope , so. Ten. pened : ; : .. , teams in any high school league I recall, also, my experience of a quarter-century when I was the administrative-head efjugh rTrnS schools in Alpine District Es- 1 Fouf basketball schedule, mid-rwi.nv mid-rwi.nv T pmw thP week games have been arrang- nights after basketball games. The nervous, tension of the games made sleep impossible. I would sit beside the radio un- . til the last newscast was over,. - hoping that all my students had arrived home safely. ' Luckily, during" .all those years, the hazards were. not as -great as they -are now. There were fewer cars on the road at night, and automobiles ; didn't have the horses they do now. . And again, our basketball teams and the students who fol- lowed them, didn't travel as far - as they do now, Lehi to.the north and Provo to the south travel. '- team." r. Now, with the Region Four. : And again the sincerely ex-athletic ex-athletic setup extending from pressed sympathy of this col-Price col-Price to the "east, to Payson on umn goes to "the family of the the' south and to Lehi on th . loved and respected woman, north, the mileage is greatly in-. 1 who met death following an ac-creased ac-creased and -the highway haz cident Saturday.- afternoon -in ards likewise. From Pleasant Lindon. ;,. ""J ". !..- Grove round . trip to Price isf about -180 -miles.-That's a lot of nighttime travel over hazard- . ous winter., roads just for, one basketball game."' V. v V- n ' : f r "are of the. 20,000 lumin variety. ' Another project of street improvement im-provement on West Center will be the installation of two landscaped land-scaped "triangle"sV"ot the intersection inter-section of .West Center Street, and Highway 9L The triangles will be constructed, the fill dirt brought in. and the seed and shrubbery furnished by the Utah State Road' Commission. The planting will be done by the Pleasant Grove Beautifica-tion Beautifica-tion Committee, and Pleasant Grove Garden Club, Mayor Fordham said. -,t The Mayor added that the sprinkling systems are now in-." in-." stalled in- the parking along " -l both sides of West Cen.ter.The grass will be planted as soon as weather conditions permit, he stated. The - Mayor expressed - the -hope that the new improvements improve-ments would serve as a stim-. ulus to businessmen and other property owners in the area to - improve the appearance of their, premises. - KB. is loo many. Ana a scneauie oi "13 league games is too much. . - Under- the-; current Region ed three times in order to complete com-plete the schedule. Two basket- -ball games- a week are one too many for growing high school boys, plus the training and" the travel. ; ... .. ,-"-:------- - i It is" to be hoped that, if and when the Region Four setup is revamped,, the number of games gam-es will be reduced and the Carbon Car-bon ' trip eliminated. It isn't worth.it. - Our hearts : go but" in sympathy sym-pathy to the family of the fine oung man who lost his hfe, and to the families of those who "wereinjured in lastJFriday night's tragedyTThey " were merely carrying out the school Incidently, she was a student of mine, when I was a cub teacher" at" Lehi HighrSchool ' during the. year 1920-21.L.-i .., So long 'til-Thursday. "- ; v. - t : ; I - ' . - Accident Kills P.G. Young Man, Injures Two Last Friday Night ' droit; LaYell ('liriVtrah.seii, 18. a Senior at Pleasant Grove High .School, was killed at about 10,10 p.m. Friday, January Jan-uary 13. in a coal truck-automobile accident on Utah Highway High-way 50 6 near Colton, Utah. Two other lxn-s, also Seniors at Pleasant Grove High School were injured. Killed instantly in ther acei- " dent" was young" Mr. ChrisU March of Dimes Set For Pleasant Grove Area Next Week Next Week Pleasant Grove's Marching Mothers will be out campaigning for the March of Dimes. Mrs. Henae Edwards is chairman of the drive, and each ward in the stake will have a representative so that every home in Pleasant Grove is contacted. con-tacted. Our contributions to March of Dimes helps finance scientific scien-tific research and supjorts the centers for the study and treatment treat-ment Of children with birth 'defects. City Council Meeting Monday Covers Important City Business : Subjects, of civic importance were considered by Mayor Paul T? Fordham and all members .of the Pleasint Grove City Council last Monday night. The regular session was held in the -city-hall. Leo Harvey and Jerry Hansen, Han-sen, representing the soil conservancy con-servancy districts, were pres-" " ent at the" meeting, and proposed propos-ed to make a physical map of the city. The map, prepared at no cost to the city, will show - depth and types of soil, former water courses and sites suitable .for all kinds of agriculture and industry. """Mayor Fordham was asked to sign a cooperative agreement with the conservation agency so " that work on the map can proceed. pro-ceed. tMr. Harvey 'announced that Serviceman Back From Vietnam Duty """SpecTtli Neidon Madsen ar- rived home" recntly after spend- " ; ing a year on active ,duty with - the U.S.-Army hr Vietnam; He expects" to leave January 24 for"" Fort Dix, New Jersey to com-, plete his three-year term of enlistment. en-listment. L He'is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Madsen, 710 South Locust Avenue, Pleasant Grove, an election would be held Feb. -13, -in order to - get :-publieap-- y . - - - - ; : f Jit",1 ! ri 'i s i !j lil , i IXim ,;f 'l 111 WJ SWORN IN Elijah Chipman, clerk, swears in re-elected board members R. Phil Shumway, -Frank Greenwood and Harvy E. Smith, at organization meeting Tuesday morning. Alpine School joardMem The Alpine District Board of Education was officially organized organ-ized at a meeting held Tuesday, . Jan. 17 at the administration of-, fices in American FQ.rk, - All officers were re-elected s-ioll9WS-:RPhil.lmwayi: president; "Frijink C. Green-'' Green-'' wood, ' vice president, and Elir jah Chipman, -was reapirointed as clerk, for a two year term, iansen, 575 F.a.-t . ftlu.Nurth Pleasant Grove. Injured and taken to Carbon County Hospital were Karl HulH'i t Yocom, Jr , son of Mr.-and Mr.-and Mrs. Karl Yocom, G47 Fast Center, and Kent Ned Pernod, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Pen-rod. Pen-rod. 1003 Fast 1st North, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. The Yocom youth ..was report wily-the -driver of the car. ' " Highway patrol troojHT Don Christonsen said the Yocom car slammed into a lfMvheel coal dump truck, which had stalled on the highway. Driver-owner of the truck, Lee A. Pi i d, 55, Fureka, Utah, was not in the truck at the time of the collis- ' ion and so escaped injury. Hearts from the hospital Tuesday morning were that the Yocom boy was still listed as "serious" but that the Penrod boy was out of danger and could le expected to be releas- -ed within a few days. According to rcjwrts, the boys were returning from the Pleasant Grove-Carbon basketball basket-ball game played the same same evening in Price. proval for the construction of the Silver Lake Reservoir. . City Attorney Noall Wootton discussed with the council details de-tails for a city-wide year-round "No Burning" ordinance. He was authorized to "study such an ordinance and present a tentative copy of same for the--consideration of . the-council. Attorney; Wootton "was also authorized to proceed at once to draft an ordinance which will require mandary garbage-pickup garbage-pickup and prohibit burning in the business district. Councilman Jay Harmer asked ask-ed for permission to begin the' First Fast curb and gutter pro-ject pro-ject as soon as weather conditions condi-tions permit, using NYC labor. His request was approved. Councilman Harmer also advised ad-vised the council that motorized motor-ized equipment had been- purchased pur-chased to spread sand and salt on snow-packed and icy streets. Councilman Jesse K. Thorne stated thai he hadauthorized city policemen Mike Ferre and-David and-David Radmall to attend the police' school currently being" lhelOLSprtogville;"TL ..""ZZ,. -Councilman Paul Adamson asked for authorization to begin preliminary work toward - lay-: ing a "big inch"water. main from Brimley Wells to the Mon-son Mon-son Tanks. This will include engineering en-gineering details, specifications etc. He was authorized to proceed; pro-ceed; '" T' T-v" District" Installs Other members of the Board are Harvey Smith, representing represent-ing Pleasant Grove, Lindon and Manila; D,r. Boyd J. Larsen, representing hehi," Cedar": Fort -and Fairfield; -and Eh Clayson;- representing' Orem; west of !jWghtvar9i.:,;:-- Mr. Shumway represents the East part of Orem, and Mr. GreenUipod - represents Ameri- can, Fork, Highland and Alpine.;- Cmifirinatioii has Item received re-ceived that Utah Governor Cal- .. Hampton will deliver the featiire address "M'"the aiuiuaP Cliaiuber of C'onunerce baniiuot The traditional dinner meeting will. bo held at 7 :30 p m. Thursday, Thurs-day, Jan 20 in the Manila Ward Recreation Hall. t g Tlie Governor's' visit lias stimulated considerable interest inter-est in the 17 meetiiu:. and reservations aiv being nvade" rapidly, according to Walter Heimschiissel, C of C president, : Reservations can be made with "tiny-T-M- board of director memlHT, or at the Pleasant 'Grove Review. The price is $2.50 jkt plate. Other features on the., pro- , gram will l the naming of the l!Ki7 C of C Lifetime Member;' announcemei.t of the seven new members of the board of directors, direc-tors, and topnotch musical entertainment. en-tertainment. Ballots for the "mail-in" election should be sent in before.Salurday, Jan. 21 Governor Hampton is a native Utahn, being born in Bountiful, and is a graduate of Davis High School, where he was a champion public speaker. After a "go" at the automobile auto-mobile agency business, he enrolled en-rolled at University of Utah. He graduated there and then received training in law at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. He returned to Utah and secured his LLB degree, at U of U Law School in 1940, -;;.' ----..- He has served as Davis County-Attorney, and Assistant Attorney At-torney General for Utah. In 1946 he was admitted to practice before the U.S. Su preme Court and is considered one of the leading authorities in transportation and taxation aw- In military affairs Onvprnnr Rampton has sen'ed . as - First -Sergeant and a. commissioned officer in the Utah National Guard. During World War II he served as 2nd Lt. in France, Holland and Germany, and was "awarded the Bronze Star and Battle Stars. Governor Rampton married the former Lucybeth Cardon of ' Logan, and they have four children. chil-dren. His hobbies are-hunting and fishing.-------- : Harley Gillman Speaks at Kiwahis Club Meet Harley Gillman expressed his' impressions t)f the first week of the current Utah legislative ses sion at the Kiwanis Club meet ing held last Saturday .v . Grant Ingersoll, PGHS principal prin-cipal was unanimously, accept, ted as a new member of the club. "Rex-Gourley presented Mr. Ingersoll'with his. membership mem-bership pin and the orientation lecture. -It - was - announced that ""the regular Ladies Night Banquet. would" begin "at6:00 p.m at ParksT-Cafe, Saturday, Jan. 21, .insteaarot the usual 7:00 p.m. time . -: - - - - .. Mr, Gillman described activity activ-ity in the legislature as ariou.s legislators jockeyed for posf-tions, posf-tions, attempted to create an jur ot disunity among party membership, and the pressures .oi lODDyists.- -Safety on-ourhlghwaysr1- stated Mr. Gillman,"'is always a problem;" He. informed the group that KSL had completed an excellent documentary on safety This documentary" "will be presented Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. : Everyone 'should see" this" filmT - In- this- area-i:rl)eing stressed the inequities of our antiquated laws. Tests" have shown, that: .5 alcohol content in the-blood-stream could cause a person to be very unsafe On the highways This is only about V2 the Content required by law for prosecution In most cases .78 content -re- suiieu in an lnaiviauai passing vai - - ' --Alrr-GiUnTannwMea.j)UUfiantteied l-arid-buUng-.'-procestheFebv--there-are s 'many- inequities in -convention of the American Ro-' savins -thniKanrts -M rtntinrc in areas 01 laxauon, ana mat uus sujcjnededjinich const ni r- tive study. Taxes on margar- ine and on mining properties are up for consideration Another area . of .wide var-""iance" var-""iance" of opinion is illustrated inHhe hodgepodge of education -uniB- piesuuieu iu uie icgis-ia--. -iurer-Mucn----onipreiM.nsive ctllflr ic YCkCtaA "5r fVitp nl'rjr, - !iiH!4JI ia.au.vw.ji jHaiaajucar- uopies 01 au dius, per request of Mr. Gillman, are to be sent - the- coming --Strawbeity" Iavs to Mayor Fordliam' office andsliow. - He; said ;: the names of to tlie Pleasant Grove Public , these attractions would be'Lre - Library. ( A 1 L WILL SPEAK HERE Gov. Calvin L. Rampton will speak next Thursday at annual Chamber of Commerce banquet. - RnrtrJ Pnrpnf to BUI,a ru,CIH ,u Ornrinlrn frmin 3 r At HighSchobtSOn lindon Hil I Would you like to be a member mem-ber of B.P.O.? -..v-:l.-- A- newly-formed - Band - Par ents Organization is to be es- hospital Saturday at 4 p.m. fol-tablished fol-tablished in Pleasant Grove A lowing injuries received earlier new organization with magnan- that day in a car-truck accident imous intentions U-- -on Highway 91-near tlie-top of - Livelv. brillian band music has always served as a personal person-al magnet that -attracts-Amori-. cans everywhere, and fills them, with pride, elation and joy. .Onesnever feels as patriotic as - American ForkJ, Hospital- for . when a precision marching first aid and later transferred band of "young, vigorous, youths - to Salt Lake'LDS Hospital. Mr. -parade briskly by in a blaze. of Wadley was taken tq American sound and color .-.-Fork Hospital suffering fronrS" Z enmmimttics" p'verv'irhcrFlratl - acompcteht. festive lumd-as a uving -sym toi ot line-om -tradition-for- it representsthe most stilting1 musical express sion oL patriotism. Marching youths symbolize a young coun-" coun-" .try's determination t0 be, arid -stay,' free. --- r . Pleasant Grove is fortunate to 'have such a qualified musical mus-ical director as Dale Johnson.. -His- ainv-for thte - hiRh - schrwl ban? is -not only selecting musiclansable to march would - develop into regular "troupers." Recently, our. community ral lied with support and cooperation coopera-tion by making it possible' to purchase new band uniforms , for the -high school. It would seem appropriate then, along with .the-nevv outfitsr to rejuven- spirit,--before enthusiasm declines de-clines and disappears ........ The high school administration, administra-tion, band and music directors, "-'.- (Continued on page 2) - Rodeo Chairman Back from Denver Meeting Kenneth It. Gillman,-. chair " man of the Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days '-Rodeo - com - - mittee, has returned home lrom.a.ryJL 1067. will plimjnate-sev- I lenvPr J.nlni-nflfrpp.ntlvj 1 Icl oe0 Uowbovs Association. - - The convent itm n - really--a " series of bargaining sessions, where arrangements are made for the rodeos to be produced the folio win g sum mr .-UrdSill-. : an said. .-.J ; - - am crovef - Air. uilimatj had ; mgned-wi a-flepraducerr twe n.itn. md t 7.' 1- wiiuetltti pJ'CT; JtlUJ - . SIC15-, illHl B .couple of-.top-not.ch--oloiwns for leased soon. ;'.l t PI. Grove Woman Killed in Accident Amanda Brown Wadley, 62, 201 North -4th East, Pleasant- -- G,over died imrSalt Lake City UnUon Hill. Injured m the same accident was her husband .Harry ..WadleySUho-jvas, reportedly the driver of .the car. - I Mrs. Wadley was rushed to " In-olcenniffSeffdaceratiohsr" 1 Ie was released to his-home Tuesday. - .-- - - ' - -Accordiirg 't6Pleasant Grove " police officer" John Huntsman ' - the Wadley car was following ZZ :a soihf truck- driven by- John Jv-OldlianiSQ, Jv-OldlianiSQ, Ptimona; California --- and was "southbound oh US 91 " in the outside lane. : t'-"" The truck driver put 'on-his" - - ." - 1 1 ;right;. hand -turn -off tire- high- " way.. - '. . Officer Hunstman said Mr. Wadley who was driving the smaller vehicle, saw the signals sig-nals but . apparently, did not have time to stop. His ear was demolished but the semi-truck was not damaged -,.'-' 1.. .;., Bank of Pi GfOVe" Announces House Planning Services " The Bank of Pleasant Grove " -would Ike to announce the -ad : ditjori oL.an,xclusiv-service- to tlie financial community of ... 'Northern Utah County. ' Availabel now is- a series of more than 2,000 different house . -plans with which customers can ''rlisfnm design" thf hnmp nf their choice.. he7serviee " beginning Febm- eral steps-oHhe-home-plann: the individual ancj L tiiraUQying. Fdiii to hav e, accustom designed home.' , ' - - . . . Mr . Jacobs .. further stated . ihat many., styles of homes are -ttiaturel i nttlp'"Tle V ""service . Included are Colonial, Early vincial and Contemporary with l- . . 4raCll. The Bank, of Pleasant Grove '''is "rrcooporati 4wal Buittill ' "rendering th ating- .with" several itShrg Contractors; in ing . this service to the community. ' r -V |